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EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION

Trade union · Labour & trade unions · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, EUROPEAN TRADE UNION CONFEDERATION appears in 409 declared MEP meetings (117 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

409
declared meetings
with current MEPs
117
MEPs met
€900k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
6.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Set up in 1973, the ETUC comprises 93 national trade union confederations in 41 countries, plus 10 European trade union federations.”

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“The ETUC speaks with a single voice on behalf of European workers to have a stronger say in EU decision-making and aims to ensure that the EU is not just a single market for goods and services, but is also a Social Europe which delivers better working and living conditions and promotes collective bargaining and social dialogue, as the most successful way for working people to create a fair and sustainable future for themselves, their families and their communities. The ETUC defends the rights and interests of working people and trade unions at European level in different areas and topics and defends fundamental social values such as solidarity, equality, democracy, social justice and cohesion.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 409 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats20049%
Greens/EFA7418%
The Left6917%
European People's Party3910%
Renew Europe225%
Non-attached31%
European Conservatives & Reformists1<1%
Patriots for Europe1<1%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2019–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (96 in 2025). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2019
10
2020
29
2021
46
2022
60
2023
36
2024
65
2025
96
2026
67

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Gabriele Bischoff
27 meetings · S&D
Iratxe García Pérez
16 meetings · S&D
Lara Wolters
13 meetings · S&D
Marianne Vind
12 meetings · S&D
René Repasi
12 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
5 Nov 2026Anthony SmithActe législatif sur les emplois de qualité
4 Nov 2026Martin SchirdewanSupplementary Pension Package
3 Nov 2026Klára DobrevAI and the workers' situation
20 Oct 2026Marit MaijQuality Jobs
20 Oct 2026David Cormand28e Regime
20 Oct 2026Saskia Bricmont28e régime
14 Oct 2026Anthony Smith28 ème régime et ses conséquences
13 Oct 2026Idoia MendiaEuropean Semester
13 Oct 2026Leila ChaibiDigital Omnibus
1 Oct 2026Pascal ArimontEU Inc
30 Sep 2026Anthony Smith28ème régime
30 Sep 2026Li AnderssonEmissions Trading System
24 Sep 2026David CormandIAA
22 Sep 2026Laura Ballarín CerezaPublic Procurement Act
18 Sep 2026Martin SchirdewanSupplementary Pension Package

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